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    Tenerife

    Stratovolcano · 3,715 m · Spain

    Tenerife
    Photo: European Space Agency · CC BY-SA 3.0 igo · Wikimedia Commons

    Tenerife sits on the African Plate, above a hotspot, away from plate boundaries. 45 eruptions are known since the end of the last ice age, the most recent in 1909.

    Elevation
    3,715 m
    Type
    Stratovolcano
    Tectonic Setting
    Intraplate (hotspot), oceanic crust
    Dominant Rock
    Phonolite
    Plate
    African Plate
    Country
    Spain
    Last Eruption
    1909
    Known Eruptions (Holocene)
    45
    Max. Explosivity (VEI)
    4

    Eruption Timeline

    Each bar is an eruption; its height shows its explosivity (VEI 0 to 8).

    7,550 BCE7,260 BCE6,850 BCE6,550 BCE6,200 BCE5,750 BCE5,550 BCE5,250 BCE4,650 BCE4,200 BCE3,960 BCE3,750 BCE3,540 BCE3,450 BCE3,050 BCE2,850 BCE2,650 BCE2,300 BCE2,250 BCE1,980 BCE1,700 BCE1,650 BCE1,400 BCE1,150 BCE1,050 BCE670 BCE580 BCE520 BCE80 BCE · VEI 4304090190240700800 · VEI 0106013411396144414921704 · VEI 21706 · VEI 21798 · VEI 31909 · VEI 2 VEI 2VEI 4VEI 6 7,550 BCE1500180019002000

    Eruption Uncertain Date

    Sources : Global Volcanism Program, 2026. Volcanoes of the World (v. 5.4.0; 7 Aug 2026), Smithsonian Institution, doi:10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2026.5.4 (volcano.si.edu) · NOAA NCEI · USGS · Wikidata